Talk:India

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[edit] "There is a great deal of controversy over whether Indians have the necessary sense of identity to qualify as a nation,"

Can someone who knows their Indian history point to some of the important figures in this debate?PFoster 13:26, 9 June 2008 (EDT)

I don't know names, but I know there is recurring tension between those who want to include all Indians without regard to religion, and those who want to include Hindus only. However, this is as much a citizenship/state question as a national one. (With that in mind, however, the Congress Party tends towards an inclusive definition, while the BJP tends to an exclusive one.) My only qualm is that I believe that some in the Congress Party accept the idea that there are multiple nations within India, but are willing to accept a "multinational" secular India. Researcher 13:31, 9 June 2008 (EDT)

[edit] Hindu fundamentalist/Hindu nationalist

Why the word Hindu fundamentalist was deleted? Hindu nationalism is also known as Hindu fundamentalism and they are Indian equivalent (Hindu fundies) of American Republicans (Christian fundies). Historian 17:46, 20 November 2008 (EST)

I deleted it because Mr. Historian had some wordy syntax going on and seemed to have his knickers in a twist about the whole thing. Please go ahead and revert.PFoster 17:48, 20 November 2008 (EST)

Who had the knicker-twisting, P? Wazza (Not Wazzock, Wazza)^{Approach the Presence} 08:03, 21 November 2008 (EST)